Underground Clinical Vignettes Step 1: Pathophysiology III - CVS, Dermatology, GU, General Surgery (Underground Clinical Vignettes) (Underground Clinical Vignettes Series) - Softcover

Todd A. Swanson; Sandra I. Kim; Olga E. Flomin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781764688 ISBN 13: 9780781764681

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US, 2007

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Pages: 256 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Completely revised by new authors this Fifth Edition presents 100 Patient Cases Designed specifically to prepare STUDENTS for clinical vignettes on the USMLE Step 1. Each case Proceeds from chief complaint through diagnostic workup and treatment and includes buzzwords in history taking. physical examination. laboratory tests. imaging. and pathology. This edition's cases give greater emphasis to pathogenesis. epidemiology. differential diagnosis. management. and complications and include radiologic images. photographs. tables. and algorithms. A new two-page format encourages students to read the case presentation and formulate an initial diagnosis before turning the page for the answer. The book ends with twenty all-new board-format questions and answers.

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Synopsis:

Completely revised by new authors, this Fifth Edition presents 100 patient cases designed specifically to prepare students for clinical vignettes on the USMLE Step 1. Each case proceeds from chief complaint through diagnostic workup and treatment and includes buzzwords in history taking, physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging, and pathology. This edition's cases give greater emphasis to pathogenesis, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, management, and complications and include radiologic images, photographs, tables, and algorithms. A new two-page format encourages students to read the case presentation and formulate an initial diagnosis before turning the page for the answer. The book ends with twenty all-new board-format questions and answers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0781764688
• ISBN 13: 9780781764681
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256